Process Controls Engineer-US-NC, Fayetteville-US-NC,Fayetteville

Hexion Inc. is a company focused on innovation and sustainability, striving to deliver breakthrough solutions for various industries. The Process Controls Engineer will support the Process Controls Manager in enhancing control processes and technologies, developing new applications, and providing direction for the group.

Responsibilities:

• Understanding of the design for HMI and controls platforms including interfacing with the highest levels of tech support with the vendor and stepping outside of traditional controls. The candidate must be able to document and define these changes to manufacturing and on a technical level
• Understand and develop instruction code for both Allen Bradley PLC and Emerson Delta V networks or equivalent control systems
• Ability to develop programs to handle project implementations across multiple remote sites and work with the project and program managers
• Ability to investigate new technologies for instruments and programming, develop testing protocols, and validate the viability of new tested technologies for incorporation into the existing process controls structure
• Good knowledge of designing and evaluating networking issues at both the IT business and the IOT level
• Good leadership skills (including flexibility, quick problem solver, imparts calming confidence without arrogance)
• Self-directed individual capable of working with remote sites and a matrix environment to provide immediate direction for recovering from process incidents or changes from new installations
• Be able to develop standards and protocols for review by the process controls group that standardizes equipment and methods being used in the plan control systems
• Participate and lead project teams design and specify instrument and controls equipment
• Provide senior-level support for instrument and control activities while being able to communicate in a virtual manner with technicians and senior management when issues arise
• Develop software upgrade programs and manage DCS reliability with downtime while working within a matrixed supply chain and plants at the end of their depreciated life
• Assist the controls engineering manager to develop reliability calculations for safety instrumentation and provide documentation for safety standard committees
• Have a good working knowledge of typical and unorthodox batching systems and manufacturing execution systems
• Good leadership and communication skills. Must be able to clearly explain the issues involved and the proposed solution
• Support regional specialists in troubleshooting efforts and corrective actions
• Have a good understanding of Mathematical analysis (MA) to be able to design and develop AI driven models for process improvement
• Previous experience in TwinThread or similar machine analysis software is desirable

Requirements:

• BS chemical or electrical engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years experience
• Must have good technical writing skills
• Must have good organizational and communication skills
• Must have a solid understanding of control system architecture and programming
• Ability to manage controls programs
• Understand and utilize industrial networks like Modbus, fieldbus, and Devicenet
• Ability to work remotely with multiple sites to trouble shoot emerging issues
• Basic understanding of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) like SAP PM
• Basic understanding of network infrastructure
• Experience with developing standards and documenting procedures
• Update controls documentation using appropriate symbols
• Personal skills with the ability to communicate with site maintenance personnel as well as outside vendors and upper management
• Experience with batch and continuous chemical manufacturing process
• Previous experience in TwinThread or similar machine analysis software is desirable